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The Reporter. (Akron, Ohio), 1986-08-09

The Reporter. (Akron, Ohio), 1986-08-09 page 1

National Organizations Join AOIP TO Assist Black Community to Wipe Out Problems SEE INSERT The Greatest Gospel SINGSPIRATION - THREE BIG KIGHTS - Cleveland, Akron ft Youngstown SEE PAGE 12 We Have Outstanding Bargains Every Week ?Enjoy Yourself When You Do Business With Our Advertisers? &fje Reporter W ? S ? ^ >? tight In Ohe Darkness ~ < j-. n ? Canton ? Cincinnati ? Cleveland ? Columbus ? Elyria ? Lorain ? Mansfield"* Oberlin ? Ravenna ? Sandusky ? Warren ? Youngstown ? Northeast Ohio tmmmmmmammm . VOL. AUGUSTS, MMiTllItU AUGUST It, 1986 25 (T'NTS PI K COPY 3 , _ . LAUNCHE TAP ASSAULT Elected Board Chairperson Janet Purnell, executive director of the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority, became the first woman to be fleeted chairman of the University of Akron's Board of Trustees at its Wednesday, August 6th meeting. Having just begun the ninth and final year of her gubernatorial appointment to the Board of Trustees of the third largest state university in Ohio, Purnell is the first woman to have served as vice-chairman and now chairman of the 27,000 student institution. During her tenure, Janet Purnell has served as chairman of the Educational Policy Committee, and most recently as chairman of the finance committee. In 1985, she had the distinction of being the first black woman to be awarded the University of Akron's highest alumni award, that of being named an Honored Alumna. Elected to serve with Furnell were: Eugene D. Graham and Carl Rohrer, vice chairman, George w B-ill secretary, and R. Wayne Duff, assistant secretary. Purnell is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She is an active member of Mount Olive Baptist Church, where Rev. Arthur E. Kemp is the pastor. LEGAL DIRECTOR Angela Tucker Cooper was selected as the new executive director for Western Reserve Legal Services at a meeting of the Board of Trustees on July 10, 1986. Ms. Cooper will begin her new duties as executive director on August 5, 1986 A graduate of Temple University School of Law, Ms Cooper first came to Western .Mrs. Janet Purnell Cleveland Signs FBE Agreement Cleveland Mayor George V. Voinovich and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole signed a grant agreement giving the city $100,000 to boost its Female Business Enterprise (FBE) program recently. A grant signature ceremony was held in the Red Room of the Mayor's Office at City Hall. Two Department of Transportation officials were special guests ? Ms. Amparo Bouchey, Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and Ms. Karen Abbott, Chief of the Minority Business Resources Center. Many city officials and area female business owners also attended. Voinovich said the one-year grant will allow the city to hire one full-time worker and two part-time workers, and increase already existing efforts by the City to involve female business owners in the more than $100 million in city contracts that are awarded each year. Specifically, the grant is designed to help the City identify, recruit and assist qualified FBEs for increased participation in projects funded by DOT, and transportationrelated service contracts. Voinovich said the City's goal is to increase FBE participation in DOT-related contracts by at least $5 million "in all transportation fields ? land, sea and air." Some prominent business women in the audience who have spurred on female business enterprise efforts were Dr. Ruth Miller, a leader in our $250 million Terminal Tower project; Mrs. Thelma Cupina, an award-winning business woman who has been awarded more than $2.8 million in city contracts over the past three years; and Anita Polk, the female business owner of a florist and fruit shop at Hopkins International Airport. Kathy Velkoff, acting head of the City's FBE office, said there is a misconception that all DOT contracts to women are construction-related Part of the emphasis of the grant will be to redirect public awareness of the various contract opportunities available to women These include the serivces of professional women as architects, engineers, accountants, attorneys, management consultants, suppliers and concessionaires The City FBE program is part of the Office of Equal Oppor tunity, which is headed by Booker T. Tall. Ohio Welcomes NBL President Cleveland will host the 86th National Buisness League Convention November 12-15, 1986. Headquarters will be Stouffer's Inn-on-the-Square, right downtown Cleveland. According to Arthur E. Teele, Jr., Esq., National President, "This year's theme, 'Networking the $200 Billion Dollar Consumer Market,' puts in perspective the challenge and opportunities before us in order to move into the mainstream of American business and industry."President Teele was in Cleveland last week for a twoday conference with the Cleveland Business League Planning Committee. He was pleased with the progress of the committee's plan - ning, and expressed his appreciation to an especially invited group of business persons and community leaders at a reception in the downtown office of the First Bank National Association. The gala reception was hosted by Mr John H. Bustamante, chairman of First Bank. Among the hi(<{hlights of the four-day conference activities will be the business exchange displays in the Exhibit Hall of Stouffer's Inn-on-the-Square. These exhibits will provide To the delight of other Cleveland Business league members. Cheryle Wills, President of North Coast Cable and Co-Chair of the Public Luncheon Committee (center) outlined for Arthur K. Teele, Jr., Ksq., and President of the National Business League (second from left) how she plans to inspire members of the local CB1, chapter and the public to participate in all public programs come November. Knjoying the dialogue are Bob Caldwell, Convention Chair; John H. Bustamanle. Chairman, First Bank National Association: and John Dunn, Altvpe Bookeeping and Accounting Services and Chairman of the Finance Committee. Tlieme for the National Convention is "Networking The $2<X) billion Black Consumer Market". opportunities for American business and government officials to interface and react to new business ventures, orientation and doing business with minority business enterprise and individuals All exhibits will be open to the public. Too many black men, women and children have been subjected to one of the most terrifying forms of psychiatric "treatment" ever developed ? psychosurgery. In psychiatric terms, it is the selected destruction of brain cells In human terms, it is what it is - brutality. Miss Mt. Pleasant Atty . Angela T. Cooper Reserve Legal Services as a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow, through the Legal Services Corporation in 1978. Ms. Cooper has been managing attorney for the Senior Citizens Law Center of Western Reserve Legal Ser vices since 1980. The new executive director is a member of the Board of Directors of Summit County Chapter of American Red Cross, Board of Directors of Akron YWCA, Advisory Council, Foster Grandparents Program, NAACP, and Akron Barristers Club. Ms. Cooper is a member of the Akron Bar Association and has participated in the Probate Section and in Law Week activities. She also served as a trainer for the Probate Court in the Volunteer Guardianship Program. Ms. Cooper is an active member of the Centenary United Methodist Church. Ms Cooper, her husband, Fred, and their daughter reside in West Akron. Miss Ml. Pleasant l'MUi-87 Shawn' l>rpa Williams The Mount Pleasant Community Council held its 23rd Annual Parade and Community Day recently. The weather was bright and sunny for the thousands of persons along the parade route Many thanks to the Illuminating Company for giving 100 T-shirts to our youth to wear in the parade and the thousands of balloons that helped make the parade and picnic grounds very colorful The parade culminated at Luke Easter Park. Lt. Hassel and the other police officers, with the assistance of Sheriff McFaul's officers should be commended for an excellent job of traffic and crowd control throughout the day. Leading the parade was the fire engine 41. Cleveland police color guard and horses. Boy Scouts of 257 as color guards, followed by Rudy Rogers (esquire) and more than 100 boy and girl scouts. The magnificent El Hasa Shrines units (6> followed, along with the Issorettes. Motorcycle units, the Strollers, clowns, bicycle brigades, Ken Ferguson's karate team, Murtis Taylor Center's Sweet Essences and many other precision drill teams. There were street club floats and cars such as East 144th, East 142nd and many others. Business was well represented which included many models and fashionable hairstyles. Society Bank, Native Son Enterprises, East End News, Greater Cleveland Council, Miss Galaxy of 1986, Lou Stokes and other politicians with decorated cars of course there were several convertibles Teen age pregnancy is the greatest national social concern discussed at the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (C.M.E.) Ohio-Central Indiana Annual Conference hosted in Akron this week. Bishop Lakey said Teenage Pregnancy is destroying the structure of the Black Community. What will the next generation be like with so many fatherless children . The CME Church must increase church involvement and make it relevant to the lives of people. Lakey CME Christian Education Chairman, said the CME Church received a $150,000 grant this year to study the problem and come up with a solution. The Church sponsored a 3-day conference where fifty young people from across the nation discussed the problem at Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama. The conference produced a thirty minute video which will serve as a discussion point at the local church level to get to the root of the teenage pregnancy problem. The teenage pregnancy is a major problem of meaning and values in life. The CME Church will be more relevant in viewing young people and addressing the issue from a moral perspective rather than a medical or psychological approach. Bishop Lakey said. The major international carrying the 3 contestants for Miss Mt. Pleasant 1986 The East 140th Kinsman Dolls Drill Team I and King Tut Elk Lodge I At the park there was a short program, where the winners for Miss Mt. Pleasant was announced and will represent Mt. Pleasant area for 1986-1987. Shawn' Drea Williams, 1985 queen crowned Mitt Mt. Pleasant 1986, of the East 145th Street Club. 1st runner up - Tonia Coffee of East 119th St. 2nd runner up - Jamie Vincent of East 142nd St. There were family reunions, cook-outs with fun. food and four bands in concert until late evening The Mt. Pleasant Council's board of directors wish to thank all the street clubs, churches and especially the area businesses that supported us throughout the year and the community day. We want to thank the Mt. Pleasant residents and other organizations who helped with their volunteerism tomake this a combined effort We invite you to help us again July 1987 HfcHfcW TOUR COMMITMENT TfliffT Ron Daniels, chairman of the National Black Independent Political Party, spoke of the need for renewing your com mitment to the struggle at the Association for Better Com munity Development, Inc (ABCD, Inc.) 13th Annual Meeting held July 17th. Daniels noted that we must continue on struggling so the "work of Sojournor Truth, Mary McLeod Bethune, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Medgar Evars, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X would have been in vain." Daniels, a professor at Kent State University, noted that every black community should have the following components: a coalition or federation to achieve operational unity, a community organizing training institute to make people aware of international issues and provide training for community organizing and leadership development, an independent political party to mobilize the black community around political issues and voter's linn Daniels registration, and a fundraising arm such as the Black United Fund to tap the wealth and generosity in the black community."Will Dent, ABCD's chief executive officer, spoke on the topic of "What Have You Done For Me Lately." He noted that despite new community centers built throughout the city, youth and young adults are saying "What have you done for me lately?" That despite the development of downtown Canton known as New Market, neighborhoods are crying out, "What have you done for me lately." Dent commended the Pastore Foundation for providing a grant to AQCD for project S. T.R.I. V.E., a youth project operated in conjunction with Stark Technical College. He further noted that many times what should be acted upon as a beginning is treated as an ending. The following were recipients of awards: the Public Policy award went to Northwest Health Services for their work in the area of Black Mental Health concerns The Achievement award went to Frederick Singleterry for his many accomplishments in federated fundraising The Excellence award went to Melvin Gravely, II for making the Dean's list three con secutive years at Mt. Union College and being elected president of the Black Student Union. The Humantarian award went to Odell Clark for his work with youth, efforts in selective buying and divestment in South Africa. Pins for five years of service were presented to board members Lillion Haskins and Mary Lou Austin and staff members, Wilson Prunty and George Washington Mayor Sam Purses presented proclamations to Mr Daniels and ABCD, Inc., commending them for their services. Other program participants were the Rev. George V. Palmer, Ms. Jackie Harris, Dr. Doris Wilson, Mr Melvin Meadows and Dr. James Walton. Entertainment was provided by Dana D. Jones, Chris McFarren, Amos Spaulding and Tommy Mathis. The affair was held at the McKinely Centre and the theme was "Affecting Public Policy for Economic Opportunities. Bisho^Olhil^^ak?^?1" concern is the problem of SouthAfrican Apartheid We oppose the total subjugation of Black in South Afrida A Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, at its recently (General Conferences, called for the dismantling of apartheid and the formation of a government reflecting the will of the people The Church supports World Council of CTiurches position for economic sanctions There is no hope during the Reagan Administration for sanctions, said Bishop Othal Hawthorne Lakey who urged CME members to write their Congressman, Senators and local elected officials demanding the U.S. to divest from S. Africa Bishop Lakey praised St John CME Church for their continued community involvement. St. John CME Church has been instrumental in teaching political action to hundreds of Akronites leading registration drives and teaching the fundamentals in Grass Roots politics, said Ed Davis, Akron Clerk of Council and Former Third Ward Councilman. Rev Richard F. Stokes, host pastor at St. John CME Church, plegded continued community involvement. Plans are being made for a food bank, a senior citizens Day Care Center, a senir citizens high rise housing project and programs to aid abused wives. The Conference continues from August 5 thru August 9, 1986 Rev Arthur S. Green will be the guest speaker on Thursday, August 7 at the Lea Jones Rice Missionary Service at 7:30p.m. Friday, August 8, 1986 is youth day at the CME Annual Conference. A young Adult Fellowship Breakfast will be held at 7:30 a m Bible study begins at 9 a m lead by Rev Douglas R Dean, and Dr Isaiah Scipio. Jr. Dr L.L Napier will preach at . Ordination Service on Friday. August 8 at 11:30 a m. Dr Napier is General Secretary CME Department of Publication Services After an afternoon business session, a special youth in action service will be hosted by Raina Letcher at 7:30p m CME Annual Conference officers will be installed on Saturday, August 9. 1986 at 11 am after morning Bible classes. Bishop Othal Hawthorne Lakey will preach at the Commission Service on Saturday, August 9, 1986 at 12 noon in St. John CME Church in Akron. BOARD NOT GUILTY In a liability suit drawing heavy local and national media coverage, Plain Local (Stark) School District was found not guilty of negligence. A $9 million negligence sui? was filed against the school district, board of education, primal and teacher regarding tfte accidental death of a thirdgrade student from a rolling television cart, which tipped over upon the girl causing the death

National Organizations Join AOIP TO Assist Black Community to Wipe Out Problems SEE INSERT The Greatest Gospel SINGSPIRATION - THREE BIG KIGHTS - Cleveland, Akron ft Youngstown SEE PAGE 12 We Have Outstanding Bargains Every Week ?Enjoy Yourself When You Do Business With Our Advertisers? &fje Reporter W ? S ? ^ >? tight In Ohe Darkness ~ < j-. n ? Canton ? Cincinnati ? Cleveland ? Columbus ? Elyria ? Lorain ? Mansfield"* Oberlin ? Ravenna ? Sandusky ? Warren ? Youngstown ? Northeast Ohio tmmmmmmammm . VOL. AUGUSTS, MMiTllItU AUGUST It, 1986 25 (T'NTS PI K COPY 3 , _ . LAUNCHE TAP ASSAULT Elected Board Chairperson Janet Purnell, executive director of the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority, became the first woman to be fleeted chairman of the University of Akron's Board of Trustees at its Wednesday, August 6th meeting. Having just begun the ninth and final year of her gubernatorial appointment to the Board of Trustees of the third largest state university in Ohio, Purnell is the first woman to have served as vice-chairman and now chairman of the 27,000 student institution. During her tenure, Janet Purnell has served as chairman of the Educational Policy Committee, and most recently as chairman of the finance committee. In 1985, she had the distinction of being the first black woman to be awarded the University of Akron's highest alumni award, that of being named an Honored Alumna. Elected to serve with Furnell were: Eugene D. Graham and Carl Rohrer, vice chairman, George w B-ill secretary, and R. Wayne Duff, assistant secretary. Purnell is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She is an active member of Mount Olive Baptist Church, where Rev. Arthur E. Kemp is the pastor. LEGAL DIRECTOR Angela Tucker Cooper was selected as the new executive director for Western Reserve Legal Services at a meeting of the Board of Trustees on July 10, 1986. Ms. Cooper will begin her new duties as executive director on August 5, 1986 A graduate of Temple University School of Law, Ms Cooper first came to Western .Mrs. Janet Purnell Cleveland Signs FBE Agreement Cleveland Mayor George V. Voinovich and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole signed a grant agreement giving the city $100,000 to boost its Female Business Enterprise (FBE) program recently. A grant signature ceremony was held in the Red Room of the Mayor's Office at City Hall. Two Department of Transportation officials were special guests ? Ms. Amparo Bouchey, Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and Ms. Karen Abbott, Chief of the Minority Business Resources Center. Many city officials and area female business owners also attended. Voinovich said the one-year grant will allow the city to hire one full-time worker and two part-time workers, and increase already existing efforts by the City to involve female business owners in the more than $100 million in city contracts that are awarded each year. Specifically, the grant is designed to help the City identify, recruit and assist qualified FBEs for increased participation in projects funded by DOT, and transportationrelated service contracts. Voinovich said the City's goal is to increase FBE participation in DOT-related contracts by at least $5 million "in all transportation fields ? land, sea and air." Some prominent business women in the audience who have spurred on female business enterprise efforts were Dr. Ruth Miller, a leader in our $250 million Terminal Tower project; Mrs. Thelma Cupina, an award-winning business woman who has been awarded more than $2.8 million in city contracts over the past three years; and Anita Polk, the female business owner of a florist and fruit shop at Hopkins International Airport. Kathy Velkoff, acting head of the City's FBE office, said there is a misconception that all DOT contracts to women are construction-related Part of the emphasis of the grant will be to redirect public awareness of the various contract opportunities available to women These include the serivces of professional women as architects, engineers, accountants, attorneys, management consultants, suppliers and concessionaires The City FBE program is part of the Office of Equal Oppor tunity, which is headed by Booker T. Tall. Ohio Welcomes NBL President Cleveland will host the 86th National Buisness League Convention November 12-15, 1986. Headquarters will be Stouffer's Inn-on-the-Square, right downtown Cleveland. According to Arthur E. Teele, Jr., Esq., National President, "This year's theme, 'Networking the $200 Billion Dollar Consumer Market,' puts in perspective the challenge and opportunities before us in order to move into the mainstream of American business and industry."President Teele was in Cleveland last week for a twoday conference with the Cleveland Business League Planning Committee. He was pleased with the progress of the committee's plan - ning, and expressed his appreciation to an especially invited group of business persons and community leaders at a reception in the downtown office of the First Bank National Association. The gala reception was hosted by Mr John H. Bustamante, chairman of First Bank. Among the hi(rpa Williams The Mount Pleasant Community Council held its 23rd Annual Parade and Community Day recently. The weather was bright and sunny for the thousands of persons along the parade route Many thanks to the Illuminating Company for giving 100 T-shirts to our youth to wear in the parade and the thousands of balloons that helped make the parade and picnic grounds very colorful The parade culminated at Luke Easter Park. Lt. Hassel and the other police officers, with the assistance of Sheriff McFaul's officers should be commended for an excellent job of traffic and crowd control throughout the day. Leading the parade was the fire engine 41. Cleveland police color guard and horses. Boy Scouts of 257 as color guards, followed by Rudy Rogers (esquire) and more than 100 boy and girl scouts. The magnificent El Hasa Shrines units (6> followed, along with the Issorettes. Motorcycle units, the Strollers, clowns, bicycle brigades, Ken Ferguson's karate team, Murtis Taylor Center's Sweet Essences and many other precision drill teams. There were street club floats and cars such as East 144th, East 142nd and many others. Business was well represented which included many models and fashionable hairstyles. Society Bank, Native Son Enterprises, East End News, Greater Cleveland Council, Miss Galaxy of 1986, Lou Stokes and other politicians with decorated cars of course there were several convertibles Teen age pregnancy is the greatest national social concern discussed at the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (C.M.E.) Ohio-Central Indiana Annual Conference hosted in Akron this week. Bishop Lakey said Teenage Pregnancy is destroying the structure of the Black Community. What will the next generation be like with so many fatherless children . The CME Church must increase church involvement and make it relevant to the lives of people. Lakey CME Christian Education Chairman, said the CME Church received a $150,000 grant this year to study the problem and come up with a solution. The Church sponsored a 3-day conference where fifty young people from across the nation discussed the problem at Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama. The conference produced a thirty minute video which will serve as a discussion point at the local church level to get to the root of the teenage pregnancy problem. The teenage pregnancy is a major problem of meaning and values in life. The CME Church will be more relevant in viewing young people and addressing the issue from a moral perspective rather than a medical or psychological approach. Bishop Lakey said. The major international carrying the 3 contestants for Miss Mt. Pleasant 1986 The East 140th Kinsman Dolls Drill Team I and King Tut Elk Lodge I At the park there was a short program, where the winners for Miss Mt. Pleasant was announced and will represent Mt. Pleasant area for 1986-1987. Shawn' Drea Williams, 1985 queen crowned Mitt Mt. Pleasant 1986, of the East 145th Street Club. 1st runner up - Tonia Coffee of East 119th St. 2nd runner up - Jamie Vincent of East 142nd St. There were family reunions, cook-outs with fun. food and four bands in concert until late evening The Mt. Pleasant Council's board of directors wish to thank all the street clubs, churches and especially the area businesses that supported us throughout the year and the community day. We want to thank the Mt. Pleasant residents and other organizations who helped with their volunteerism tomake this a combined effort We invite you to help us again July 1987 HfcHfcW TOUR COMMITMENT TfliffT Ron Daniels, chairman of the National Black Independent Political Party, spoke of the need for renewing your com mitment to the struggle at the Association for Better Com munity Development, Inc (ABCD, Inc.) 13th Annual Meeting held July 17th. Daniels noted that we must continue on struggling so the "work of Sojournor Truth, Mary McLeod Bethune, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Medgar Evars, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X would have been in vain." Daniels, a professor at Kent State University, noted that every black community should have the following components: a coalition or federation to achieve operational unity, a community organizing training institute to make people aware of international issues and provide training for community organizing and leadership development, an independent political party to mobilize the black community around political issues and voter's linn Daniels registration, and a fundraising arm such as the Black United Fund to tap the wealth and generosity in the black community."Will Dent, ABCD's chief executive officer, spoke on the topic of "What Have You Done For Me Lately." He noted that despite new community centers built throughout the city, youth and young adults are saying "What have you done for me lately?" That despite the development of downtown Canton known as New Market, neighborhoods are crying out, "What have you done for me lately." Dent commended the Pastore Foundation for providing a grant to AQCD for project S. T.R.I. V.E., a youth project operated in conjunction with Stark Technical College. He further noted that many times what should be acted upon as a beginning is treated as an ending. The following were recipients of awards: the Public Policy award went to Northwest Health Services for their work in the area of Black Mental Health concerns The Achievement award went to Frederick Singleterry for his many accomplishments in federated fundraising The Excellence award went to Melvin Gravely, II for making the Dean's list three con secutive years at Mt. Union College and being elected president of the Black Student Union. The Humantarian award went to Odell Clark for his work with youth, efforts in selective buying and divestment in South Africa. Pins for five years of service were presented to board members Lillion Haskins and Mary Lou Austin and staff members, Wilson Prunty and George Washington Mayor Sam Purses presented proclamations to Mr Daniels and ABCD, Inc., commending them for their services. Other program participants were the Rev. George V. Palmer, Ms. Jackie Harris, Dr. Doris Wilson, Mr Melvin Meadows and Dr. James Walton. Entertainment was provided by Dana D. Jones, Chris McFarren, Amos Spaulding and Tommy Mathis. The affair was held at the McKinely Centre and the theme was "Affecting Public Policy for Economic Opportunities. Bisho^Olhil^^ak?^?1" concern is the problem of SouthAfrican Apartheid We oppose the total subjugation of Black in South Afrida A Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, at its recently (General Conferences, called for the dismantling of apartheid and the formation of a government reflecting the will of the people The Church supports World Council of CTiurches position for economic sanctions There is no hope during the Reagan Administration for sanctions, said Bishop Othal Hawthorne Lakey who urged CME members to write their Congressman, Senators and local elected officials demanding the U.S. to divest from S. Africa Bishop Lakey praised St John CME Church for their continued community involvement. St. John CME Church has been instrumental in teaching political action to hundreds of Akronites leading registration drives and teaching the fundamentals in Grass Roots politics, said Ed Davis, Akron Clerk of Council and Former Third Ward Councilman. Rev Richard F. Stokes, host pastor at St. John CME Church, plegded continued community involvement. Plans are being made for a food bank, a senior citizens Day Care Center, a senir citizens high rise housing project and programs to aid abused wives. The Conference continues from August 5 thru August 9, 1986 Rev Arthur S. Green will be the guest speaker on Thursday, August 7 at the Lea Jones Rice Missionary Service at 7:30p.m. Friday, August 8, 1986 is youth day at the CME Annual Conference. A young Adult Fellowship Breakfast will be held at 7:30 a m Bible study begins at 9 a m lead by Rev Douglas R Dean, and Dr Isaiah Scipio. Jr. Dr L.L Napier will preach at . Ordination Service on Friday. August 8 at 11:30 a m. Dr Napier is General Secretary CME Department of Publication Services After an afternoon business session, a special youth in action service will be hosted by Raina Letcher at 7:30p m CME Annual Conference officers will be installed on Saturday, August 9. 1986 at 11 am after morning Bible classes. Bishop Othal Hawthorne Lakey will preach at the Commission Service on Saturday, August 9, 1986 at 12 noon in St. John CME Church in Akron. BOARD NOT GUILTY In a liability suit drawing heavy local and national media coverage, Plain Local (Stark) School District was found not guilty of negligence. A $9 million negligence sui? was filed against the school district, board of education, primal and teacher regarding tfte accidental death of a thirdgrade student from a rolling television cart, which tipped over upon the girl causing the death